for the serial killers occurs as their criminal case number increases. Scientifically, people will categorize a person as a serial killer through various metrics. One of the metrics claims that the high number of criminal cases becomes one of the core criteria to determine a person as the serial killer. Therefore, combined with this finding, the serial killers conducted consistent criminal behavior patterns based on their high crime case numbers. The trace of the consistent criminal behavior pattern among the serial murderers appears in the connection between the serial killers and their victims. Researchers conduct an experiment to express that the offenses made by serial killers can behaviorally link to the same offenders. The capability to connect the crimes made by the criminals with the offenders exhibits that similar features exhibited through their offenses. These similar characteristics imply the outcome of the same criminal behaviors conducted by the same serial murderers, which indirectly implies the behavior consistency of the serial killers. While some serial homicide cases appear an overall consistent pattern, some exceptional serial murdering cases do not follow the general consistent pattern. However, minor patterns still exist in the overall inconsistent criminal behaviors. Analyzing the development and details of the overall inconsistent killing behaviors, minor consistencies in three aspects of homicide behaviors (i.e., planning, wounding, or interaction with the victim). Therefore, people can always discover the consistency of criminal behaviors either by skimming through the overall behaviors of serial killers or zooming in on every individualized behavior of serial murderers. See also Recidivism List of murderers by number of victims List of serial killers by country References External links La cueva del Crimen The Criminal Behavior of the Serial Rapist (1990) Serial and Single-Victim Rapists: Differences in Crime Scene Behaviors (2007 abstract) On the Trails of Serial Rapists Criminology Sequences in time